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Last Saturday was the 150th anniversary of the opening of Sherborne Station. To commemorate this important event a series of activities was organised, including the judging of our photography display on platform 2.

The Great and the Good, dressed in Victorian costume, were the judges:

Pictured here, beside the winning photograph, are Mayor Malcolm Boustead, Mayoress Dru Gurzynski, Mayor-elect Jane Smith and Philip Torjussen, Sherborne Station Master.

The winning photograph, of Bow Arch, was taken by Sherborne School pupil A. Broughton, who wins some free train tickets. Congratulations, that boy!

During the day the steam train 35028 Clan Line thundered through the station at speed. Camera Club member Betty Deavin snatched this quick photograph as the train approached the station:

A jolly day was had by all!

For the past couple of months members of the Camera Club have been roaming the town of Sherborne photographing gardens for ‘Sherborne In Bloom’.

The best photos from everyone go into an exhibition at the Cheap Street Church Hall from 21 – 25 July. Here’s the gang setting up the exhibtion:

And here’s what the exhibition looks like:

This has been a tremendous amount of work by everyone but it’s worth it to see the marvellous reception our photos are getting from everyone in the town.

Great work, gang!

During the past 18 months Camera Club members Linda, Betty and Gillian have been photographing the construction of the new Leigh Village Hall. This project, together with our photographic record of the old village hall (soon to be demolished) will be the subject of our Camera Club meeting on 9 December.

The new village hall was opened on Saturday, 15 November and Gillian and Betty were there to record the opening ceremony.

Several hundred people, including all the local Great and Good, encircled the ribboned-off area armed with pairs of scissors.  At the command of the Bishop (that’s him with the megaphone) they all simulaneously cut the ribbon and univerally declared the hall open.

Champagne and cake then followed as people trooped in to inspect their new hall. Here are some of our happy snappies:

Click on the image once, then twice, to see enlargements.